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Find out how the weight-loss medication semaglutide (better known as Wegovy) works, how effective it is, the side effects, and how to get it on the NHS.

New research we funded indicates the important role nitrates play in cardiovascular health

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University College London | Professor Alexander Gourine

BHF-funded researchers at University College London are studying the connection between our brain and heart, and how activity through this connection declines in heart disease. Specialised nerves connect our brain to our heart. These nerve...

RESEARCH

University of Oxford | Dr Adam Lewandowski

Dr Adam Lewandowski’s research focuses on studying heart health in babies that are born prematurely. He has previously shown that there are differences in the structure and function of the heart in babies born before 37 weeks of pregnancy c...

Discover the devastating impact Covid-19 has had on cardiovascular care and what needs to be done to give all heart patients the support they need.

In an open letter to the Health and Social Care Secretary, BHF, Tesco and two other leading health charity partners are urging the UK Government to make healthier food sales reporting mandatory for all supermarkets and major food businesses.

Learn how talking therapy helped Marian Sedgwick overcome a fear of dying after she was diagnosed with takotsubo syndrome.

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Imperial College London | Professor Dr Thomas Brand

‘Popeye’ proteins are a newly discovered group of molecules in the outer surface of the cell, the cell membrane. They play a role in helping the heart rate to change in response to stress by interacting with other proteins (channels and pum...

Scientists at the University of Oxford are to investigate why people store fat in different parts of their body.